Summer tyre test 245/35 R19 - Autobild 2025

Summer

2025

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Continental SportContact 7

Best Value

Vredestein Ultrac Pro

Test Vehicle

Audi TT

Tested tyres

8

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Autobild SportsCars tested 8 tires in size 245/35 R19

After many tests focusing on sustainability and EVs, we have an "old-school" test of tires with the main focus on sporty driving and safety. In the starting field, there are the usual sporty premium models as well as some cheaper models and even 2 chinese tires to get the full picture.

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Price vs Quality

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Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental SportContact 7

Rating: Exemplary

£174

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £231

Wet1-

Dry2+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Handling#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling#1/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Summary

2

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

Rating: Exemplary

£159

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet2

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Handling#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Summary

3

Pirelli P Zero PZ4

Rating: Exemplary

£174

93 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y · £343 93Y 93Y · £174 +2

Wet2+

Dry1-

Wet

Wet Braking#2/8

Wet Handling#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling#3/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Summary

4

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

Rating: Exemplary

£197

89 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y · £204 93Y · £203 93Y · £264 +2

Wet2

Dry2+

Summary

5

Vredestein Ultrac Pro

Rating: Good

£153

93 y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £179

Wet2

Dry2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Wet Braking#5/8

Dry

Dry Handling#5/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Summary

6

Firestone Firehawk Sport

Rating: Satisfactory

£129

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet3-

Dry2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Wet Handling#7/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling#6/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Summary

7

Triangle Effexsport TH202

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Wet3+

Dry3+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Handling#6/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Dry

Dry Handling#7/8

Dry Braking#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Summary

8

Doublecoin DC100

Rating: Not recommended

Wet5

Dry5-

Summary

Same size tyres not featured in the test

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Pirelli P Zero R 98%	98%	Premium	£328 89 Y
2	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£179 93 Y
3	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£186 93 Y +2 More
4	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 88%	88%	Premium	£183 93 Y
5	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£146 93 Y
6	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 85%	85%	Premium	£175 93 Y +2 More
7	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£127 93 Y
8	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport 81%	81%	Premium

9	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 81%	81%	Premium	£142 93 Y
10	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
11	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 76%	76%	Premium	£133 93 Y +3 More
12	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
13	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 76%	76%	Premium	£159 93 Y
14	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£135 93 Y
15	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget
16	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£123 93 Y +1 More

17	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£119 93 Y
18	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£131 93 Y
19	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£146 93 Y
20	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£138 93 Y
21	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£164 93 Y
22	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£136 +1 More
23	Premium Pirelli P Zero (PZ5) 66%	66%	Premium	£167 93 Y
24	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£126 93 Y +1 More

25	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£135 93 Y +1 More
26	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z K129 61%	61%	Premium	£164 93 Y
27	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£147 93 Y
28	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 59%	59%	Upper-middle	£142 107
29	B Ceat SportDrive 57%	57%	B
30	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 56%	56%	Upper-middle	£149 93 Y
31	Upper-middle Kumho ECSTA Sport S PS72 55%	55%	Upper-middle	£140 93 Y +1 More
32	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£135 93 Y

33	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 49%	49%	Premium	£225 93 Y +5 More
34	Premium Pirelli Powergy 48%	48%	Premium
35	Budget Petlas Velox Sport PT 741 48%	48%	Budget
36	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
37	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
38	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
39	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS91 36%	36%	Upper-middle
40	Budget Avon ZV7 31%	31%	Budget

41	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 30%	30%	Budget	£123 93 Y
42	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
43	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
44	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
45	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 19%	19%	Budget
46	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
47	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
48	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£60 93 Y

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